William Gaston

William Gaston (19 September 1778-23 January 1844) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NC 4) from 1813 to 1817, succeeding William Blackledge and preceding Jesse Slocumb.

Biography
William Gaston was born in New Bern, North Carolina in 1778, and he became a lawyer in 1798 and served in the General Assembly in 1800, in the House of Commons from 1807 to 1809, in the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817, in the House of Commons in 1824, from 1827 to 1829, and 1831, and on the State Supreme Court from 1833 until his death in 1844.